I have a gap between my two front teeth. It’s not big enough to drive a truck through (unless it’s a very, very tiny truck), but I can whistle like a bird and shoot water in a fancy stream. Every time I go to the dentist, they ask: “Do you want to fix that?” No! It’s part of what makes me me. Gap-toothed women have been around since the beginning of tooth history. In
The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer described the Wife of Bath legendarily: “Gat-toothed was she.” The fancy name for this dental space is
Diastema. Supposedly, gap-toothed women are oversexed and well-traveled. True or false? Check out these awesome gap-toothed ladies!
Kiki T
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:09 pm: [report]
ha ha about the Shiloh post. I just read an AP story about the concern of her having teeth rot or having faced a blunt trauma due to the face she is missing her front tooth already at the age of 3. I’m sooo happy to see this as a major issue, because god damn it, it is!
Jitterbugs232
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:11 pm: [report]
i’m sure they wouldn’t be considered awesome if they were over weight and had gap teeth
writergirl
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:14 pm: [report]
I have a gap in my front teeth and I HATE it. I want it fixed, but no one will do anything because the bite isn’t off. Damnit.
GreenAura
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:31 pm: [report]
Two words about gap toothed sexiness: Bella Donna. Look her up. mmm hmmm
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:36 pm: [report]
@GreenAura: The pornstar?
GreenAura
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:37 pm: [report]
yeppers (at least I *think* thats her name)
sassyladybird25
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:38 pm: [report]
@GreenAura: yes, that’s her name. and yes, she’s pretty foxy.
what about Hayley Williams from Paramore?
retro chic
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:54 pm: [report]
Annika? Where’s your pic in here?
Add also Isabella Rossellini.
I’m more struck that Condie’s pic with the flag had to be Photoshop’d in.
vanillalatte
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:56 pm: [report]
i have a gap. it’s not huge but i have a gap. my siblings make fun of me sometimes. i never had issues about it. it’s who i am. they had to wear braces in high school and i didn’t. wohoo!
nicole0X
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 12:59 pm: [report]
I love Anna Paquin and her gap teeth. Especially when Sookie Stackhouse is getting it on with Eric the vampire. Can’t get much hotter than that.
Kiki T
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 01:25 pm: [report]
bonding is a fast and inexpensive way to get rid of your gap tooth, who ever said they hated it and couldn’t get it fixed.
HaylsComet23
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 02:07 pm: [report]
reminds me of that quote from mean girls. “i’m sorry i called you a gap toothed bitch, its not your fault you’re so gap toothed”
but i used to have gap teeth so its okay
writergirl
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 02:21 pm: [report]
@Kiki T—that was me, and last time I looked into bonding, it was going to be around a grand. Now, that was several years ago, but the price kind of scared me off.
323Felicity
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 02:39 pm: [report]
@jitterbugs232-that woman from good times IS a bit overweight, but she’s still cool.
and that model, danielle, she got her gap fixed a little on america’s next top model. it used to be a lot wider.
Kati-Anne
wrote on September 30 2009 @ 02:42 pm: [report]
I love gap teeth! I sometimes wish that I had a gap. My older brother has a gap between his two front teeth and hates it, but I think it’s awesome. Haha, I basically wanted to BE my older brother when I was little, so that probably accounts for the gap-tooth envy. I feel like having a gap automatically make you look 12 times more fun. Not funny, fun.
thehighandlow
wrote on October 1 2009 @ 03:08 pm: [report]
I have a gap! When I was younger, I had braces to close them and I was REALLLY self conscious about it growing up. Cut to present day, 30 years old… I stopped wearing my retainer and voila, the gap is back and I actually love it. Yay for gaps!
Erica Maxwell
wrote on October 2 2009 @ 10:17 am: [report]
I love that you included the Wife of Bath on this list.
toyen
wrote on October 2 2009 @ 01:20 pm: [report]
Oversexed and well-traveled? There may be some truth to that…
My gap is artificially created, thanks to an expansion plate that over-expanded waay too far thanks to a bad bout of teenage orthodontia, but now I own it!
unsecuredguybad
wrote on October 3 2009 @ 05:04 am: [report]
I did not recognize the last picture until I read it that it was Mrs. Kutcher…great compilation!
iamsamkeller
wrote on October 3 2009 @ 11:37 am: [report]
I have a gap, and I love it… only for the whole being able to be a human fountain thing. Other than that, it’s too small to notice when i smile.
CaleeKay
wrote on October 3 2009 @ 08:07 pm: [report]
wtf is up with demi moore?
and im sorry, but linsday wixson.. is not very appealing to me.
Harrie@lovehoney
wrote on October 5 2009 @ 05:05 am: [report]
i had a brace to get rid of my gap but it came back and i don’t mind one bit. Bridge Bardot is hot and to have something resembling her can’t be bad. But whats up with Demi Moore?!
John Small Berries
wrote on October 5 2009 @ 07:23 am: [report]
You’ve got to be kidding with the picture of Demi Moore. A missing tooth is hardly the same thing as a diastema.
And where’s the love for Eve Myles?
mld1979
wrote on October 6 2009 @ 03:22 pm: [report]
Amy Winehouse? I suppose she does fit one definition of awesome (inspring great apprehension or fear) but doubt that’s what you had in mind.
And yes, no Eve Myles? Though I am glad you included Vanessa Paradis (though were she not with Johnny Depp, I suspect you wouldn’t have)
bbblondie
wrote on October 11 2009 @ 05:11 pm: [report]
I used to have a little bit of a gap tooth thing happening, but it closed up as I got older, and I’m honestly kind of sad about that- I think it’s cute! My boyfriend said he had the same thing (childhood gap that closed up as his adult teeth grew in) and when I met his mom I noticed she has an adorable, very noticeably gapped smile. I’m glad I’m not the only person who thinks this is an adorable change from the norm.